Car-replacer



(No Model.)

J. E. NORWOOD.

GAR REPLAOER. No; 329,939. Patented Nov. 10, 1885.

INVENTOR "CACAJY d/ ATTORNEYS N PETERS. Pvolo-Lllhographer. Walhinglcn. D. C.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E; NORWOOD, OF SYKESVILLE, MARYLAND.

CAR-REPLACER.

UPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,939,dated November 10, 1885. Application filed September 18, 1885. Serial No. 177,476. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN E. NoRwooD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sykesville, in the county of Carroll and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Replacers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the outside piece, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the inside piece. Fig. 4 is a top view of the outside piece, and Fig. 5 is a top view of the inside piece. Fig. 6 is a vertical section taken through the outside piece and the clamp with the rail. Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 are details showing clamp, pin, brace, and extension.

This invention relates to car-replacers; and it consists in the construction and novel arran gement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

The objects of the invention are, first, to reduce the size of the car-replacers, so that they can be conveniently carried with every train or engine; second, to reduce the weight of replacers, so that they can be easily transported and handled; and, third, to make the replacers reversible, so that they can be used either as right or left replacers.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the outside piece; B, theinside piece; 0, the extension; D, the brace; E, the clamp, and F the clamping-key for locking the clamp in place. The outside piece, A, and inside piece, B, are made in the form of partly-hollow castings, forming shells, and are each provided in their hollow sides with a transverse bridge or bar, G, which traverse the hollow sides of the castings and form supports for the shells. The bridge G in the outside piece, A,has a longitudinal middle groove, B, in its outer face to receive the point of the clamp-key F. The sides of the castings,which, when the castings are in place, abut against the side faces of the rails, are in the form of integral flanges F, which extend horizontally from the shell or body of the replacers along one side,and also along one end, as at a. The rail-edge of the outside piece, A, runs high at one end,to carry or direct the flange of the carwheel over the top of the rail, while the inside piece, B, is formed with a projected point, H,

to fit in the hollow between the base flange and tread of the rail to allow the flange of the car-wheel to pass on between the replacer and the rail.

The clamp E is to be used in conjunction with the outside piece or shell, A, and is formed in elbow shape, having at one end a hook, I, to catch over the base-flange on the inside of the rail. Near the opposite end of the clamp E a rectangular groove, J, is formed, which corresponds with a groove, B, in the bridge of the outside plate. Now, when the replacer is in position the grooves J and B will receive the tapering shouldered key F. Drive the key in the two slots or grooves J and B, and the clamp and key will clamp and hold tight to the rail in proper position. A brace, D, is formed of two bars of wood hinged together at their ends, so that they may be folded together for transportation. The larger or square end of the brace D should fit, when in place, in the inside shell near the bridge, running obliquely across to and fitting in the hollow of the opposite rail of the track. The brace is tapered off at the end that fits the hollow of the rail to allow the flange of the wheel (when on the track) to pass. As the wheels move forward over the replacers, the inclined slope of the two pieces will raise and guide the wheels on the track-rails. Should the wheels be so far from the track-rail that the replacers will not receive them, the extension 0 should be adjusted to the inside piece, one end resting on the tie in front of the wheel, and as the wheel is drawn forward the extension will guide it to the replacers. The extension 0 is of cast-iron, formed with a broad base, and is higher along one side on its surface than along the other side, so that it is inclined from the higher edge to the lower edge, and has a longitudinal face-groove to guide the car-wheels to the replacers. The extension is reversible, so that it may be used at either side of the track.

Having described. this invention, what claim,- and desire to "secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The cast shell having the back flange and the end flange and the transverse bridge across its open face, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the track-rail, of the shell having the end flange and the bridge, and of the clamping -hook, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with the outside replacer having the notched bridge, of the trackrail, the notched clamp,and the key, substantially as specified.

4. The cornbination,with the track-rails and the inside flanged shell provided with the J. E. NORWOOD.

Witnesses:

FRANK BROWN, CHAS. R. FAVOUR. 

